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INVENTOR AiTORNEY on Ten sra'rns PATENT or 1 ICE WILLIAM R. KING, OF DORSEY, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-" IALF TO ROIiIN DOCKREY, 0F MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA.

RE-RAILER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application filed March 28, 1916. Serial No. 87,276.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM R. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dorsey, in the county of Swain and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Re-Railers, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to improvements in means for replacing derailed cars upon railroad tracks, and the object of the invention is to provide two portable members of a simple construction shaped to co engage with the rails, one upon the inner face of one of the rails and the other upon the outer face of the other rail of the track, whereby the wheels of the car may be guided thereon and directed to the respective rails of the track.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the application of my improvement,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1 upon an enlarged scale,

Fig. 3 is a similar view approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. at is a perspective view of the outer rail member,

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same,

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the inner rail member,

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the same, and

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the same.

The inner rerailing member is indicated by the numeral 3 and in Fig. 1 of the drawings is illustrated in applied position upon the inner side of the rail 1, of thetrack. The outer rerailing member is indicated by the numeral 1, and in Fig. 1 of the drawings, is illustrated as applied to the outer side of the rail 2 of the track.

Each of the -rerailing members or frogs is in the nature of a casting, each having its body portion shaped to provide a plane bottom surface 5 having depending spurs 6 designed to be forced into the ties to assist in retaining the frogs in proper relation to the rails, and each of the said frogs, approximately centrally of the spaced spurs 6 is provided with an opening 7 designed to receive a securing element, such as a spike 8, which is also forced into the tie upon which the respective frogs rest. 7

The inner frog 3 has its body formed to provide a substantially rectangular portion which is elevated above and provides an extension for the base 5, the said extension being indicated by the character 9, and the under face of the said extension is inclined or beveled in opposite directions to the center thereof, as indicated by the characters 8. The body is also formed to provide a tread portion 10, the upper surface of which defining an outer straight portion and an inner inclined portion 11, t-he latter terminating with the outer edge of the base 5. The body is substantially wedge-shaped in plan, the wider portion thereof being at the end of the base 5, and the said body, at the upper portion thereof, is cut longitudinally providing a ledge upon the opposite sides of the tread 10 The ledge defines a horizontal straight portion 12 arrangeddirectly below the straight portion 13 of the tread l0, and an inclined portion 14 arranged directly below the inclined surface 11 of the tread 10. The ledge provides the upper surface of the base extension, and the upper surface of the base, inward of the end of the surface 11 0f the tread 10, and by this arrangement, it will be noted that the base extension 9 provides an element which is substantially rectangular in cross section, and by reference to the drawings, it will be seen that the said base is of a size to be received in the fishing space upon the inner side of the rail 1, while the flat base rests directly upon one of the ties, and as previously stated, is secured thereto. Any suitable means may be arranged between. the tie. land the inner side of the frog 3 for retaining the said frog in tight engagement with the rail.

By reference to Fig.1 of the drawings, it will be noted that the frog 3 is arranged to receive the wheel of a derailed car that is positioned between the tracks 1 and 2, the tread surface 10 of the said frog being designed to receive the tread portion 17 of the wheel, while the flange or rim 16 of the wheel will contact with the side of the tread and'be properly guided on to the rail 1.

The frog 4, above and extending from its base 5 is also formed with a rectangular member or extension 18, the under surface of which being beveled in opposite directions to the center thereof, as indicated by the characters 19. The body of the frog #1, upon the upper surface thereof, is formed with a tread 20, the same defining an outer downwardly curved surface 21 and an inner inclined surface 22, the latter terminating at the base 0 of the frog, and the former, projecting a slight but suitable distance beyond the end of the base extension 18. Upon the sides of the tread, the body is formed with a ledge 23, defining a downwardly inclined or curved surface 24 disposed opposite the surface 21 of the tread 20 and an oppositely inclined surface 25 arranged opposite to and below the inclined surface 22 of the tread 20. The body 18, upon its opposite sides, and approximately in a line with the lower horizontal surface 26, pro vided by the extension of the tread portion 21 is channeled longitudinally as at 27, the said channels being of a size to snugly receive the head portion upon the outer side of the rail 2, the surface 26 of the end 21 of the tread resting directly upon the head of the rail, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, while the horizontal straight surface 28 provided by the upper wall of the channel 27 upon one side of the frog, also rests directly upon the head of the rail. The substantially rectangular base extension 18, to one side of the web 29, which forms the inner wall of the channel 27, is received in the fishing space upon the outer side of the rail 2. The frog 4 is arranged at an allgle with respect to the rail 2, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and in addition to the securing means, previously described, any other means may be provided for holding the frog in hugging engagement with the rail.

The wheel to be guided onto the rail 2 by the frog 4, is indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and is designated by the character 30, the tread surface of the wheel being designed to travel over the tread of the frog st and the rim of the wheel being designed to be received upon the ledge 23 of the said frog, and thereby guided on to the rail 2.

It is thought, from the above, that the description and operation of the device will be apparent, to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: I

1. In a car rerailer, a frog, including a straight base having outturned spurs and a spike opening between the spurs, a rectangular member elevated above and extending from the base, a tread upon the upper face of'the frog having a portion thereof inclined to the outer end of the base, said tread being of a less width than the frog, and the portions of the frog at the'upper face thereof extending laterally from the tread being arranged in a plane with the outer surface of the tread.

2. In a rerailing device, a frog formed from a casting to include a straight base portion provided with outturned spurs, a cross sectionally rectangular extension elevated above the base and having its under face inclined from its lower edges to the center thereof, a tread upon the upper face of the frog defining two angular surfaces, one of which terminating with the outer end of the base, said tread, adjacent its said end having a spike receiving opening, said tread being of a less width than that of the frog, .and the lateral surface provided upon the upper face of the frog below and to the opposite sides of the tread defining two oppositely inclined surfaces, in a plane with the referred to outer surface of the tread.

3. In a car wheel rerailer, a frog formed from a casting to include a straight base, a longitudinal portion extending from and elevated above the base, a tread surface upon the upper face of the frog and of a less width than that of the frog, said tread defining two angularly arranged surfaces, one of which terminating with the outer edge of the base and having a spike receiving opening therein, the upper surface of the frog defining the lateral ledges for the tread and corresponding in shape to the outer surface of the said tread, and the said extension having its sides provided with longitudinal channels entering through the rear angular ledge portions of the frog.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. KING. Witnesses:

E. C. MONTEITH, D. G. FISHER.

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